Hooray! I passed!
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The Groke
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Velouria said:Well done
As my driving instructor said to me though, bear in mind you don't really start learning to drive until you start doing it on your own. Good luck out there
Too true!
The worst thing about that is that I will be living in Dubai by the time I get to buy a car next month, so I will be on the wrong side of the road, being run over by Arabs in Hummers
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
oh well done! It's so liberating being able to get around under your own steam. and after a month or so of daily driving, you'll be about 500% more skilled.
i_hate_beckham
Him From A Village
This has filled me with a new found confidence that it is possible to pass a driving test.
Stobart Stopper
Well-Known Member
Well done! I disappeared for about two days in my car after I passed my driving test.
The Groke
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Thank you oh most kind urbanites.
I have to say, for anyone else considering an intensive course - it is exhausting!
5 hours driving every day for 6 days and the test at the end!
I am cream-crackered.
Usual story during the test - I felt like I had done crap!
I was so nervous (which isn't like me at all) because of the money and the effort I had put into it.
Both myself and my instructor knew that if I drove as I was capable of doing, there was no reason I shouldn't pass.
Strangely, knowing that just made things worse
Was not my best drive at all and I honestly thought I had fucked it up completely, which perversely finally relaxed me and enabled me to finish it up.
It was Nippers driving school I used, and on the whole they were decent. My instructor was ace too.
I have to say, for anyone else considering an intensive course - it is exhausting!
5 hours driving every day for 6 days and the test at the end!
I am cream-crackered.
Usual story during the test - I felt like I had done crap!
I was so nervous (which isn't like me at all) because of the money and the effort I had put into it.
Both myself and my instructor knew that if I drove as I was capable of doing, there was no reason I shouldn't pass.
Strangely, knowing that just made things worse
Was not my best drive at all and I honestly thought I had fucked it up completely, which perversely finally relaxed me and enabled me to finish it up.
It was Nippers driving school I used, and on the whole they were decent. My instructor was ace too.
i_hate_beckham
Him From A Village
4 times the charm for me, although i havent taken a test 5 years.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
well done The Groke
tis a good thing you've passed as i think that public transport in Dubai is likely to be a bit rubbish
tis a good thing you've passed as i think that public transport in Dubai is likely to be a bit rubbish
The Groke
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rubbershoes said:
Heh - you are dead right there matey!
A half-assed bus system is in place and that is your lot. Heat notwithstanding it is also a place designed without a thought for pedestrians. Narrow pavements wend their way alongside dual-carriageways and then abruptly stop for no reason. Pedestrian crossings are few and far between and the ever present roadworks force you out into the road at alarming regularity.
Xes: yeah it feels bloody brilliant! It has been a long time since I felt this chuffed about something I achieved.
Having left it so long, I just thought of myself as a "non-driver" and could no more visualise myself behind the wheel of a car than I could as a Fighter pilot!
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
i didn't learn till i was over 30.
there was no need when i was in london
completely esential when i moved out though
get youself one of these.
good acceleration by all accounts though they get through a bit of fuel
there was no need when i was in london
completely esential when i moved out though
get youself one of these.
good acceleration by all accounts though they get through a bit of fuel
The Groke
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trashpony said:I have to tell you that my friends have recently moved to Dubai and they have said that driving there is the most terrifying experience they've ever had. Still, if you've not had much experience - you won't know any different!
Congratulations
Oh I have spent 2 months working there and so have witnessed it from a pedestrian perspective......and yes, I am certainly in for an interesting experience!
"Lane discipline" obviously does not translate into Arabic.
Add to that the fact that you have a vast population coming from India and Pakistan, (places that - as far as I am aware and please correct me if I am wrong - have much, much slacker criteria for passing a test and getting a license than most civilized countries), sprinkle it with a lot of people driving the most ridiculously sized vehicles - hummers and GMC suburbans etc - and finally add the fact that the roads just are not sufficient for the traffic volume and you are left with a recipe for astonishingly bad driving.
The Groke
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jayeola said:
I am currently torn a few different ways on this one.
1) An "if I can't beat em, join em" attitude is raising its head. There are so many bad drivers in massive American SUVs that I would feel safer, both for me and my wife if we were in something of equivalent size......yeah, yeah I know
2) Petrol and low-mileage cars being very cheap out there (and with the whole tax-free thing) I may well be in a position for the first and the only time in my life to buy (and afford to run!) a "dream car".
I have had my eye on an Audi A8 4.1ltr V8 quattro with all the trimmings. 7 years old, low mileage and around £6000. Combine with that, the fact that the interest on your average car-loan is about 3.5-4.5% then..........
3) General "Good sense" and pangs of environmental guilt may also get a look in and we might end up with something like a nearly new VW Golf or equivalent hatchback.
Dunno - is a tough one to call.
There is no doubt whatsoever that we will need a car to survive there. Which route we go down (Audi, Audi, Audi
) is still very much under discussion.The Groke said:<smug>
After a weeks intensive course in Colchester I have finally (after 11 years and on my third attempt) passed my driving test!
Yay me!
That is all.
Congratulations. Just don't do what I did. Three days after passing my test I wrote a car off and wrecked 200 yard of chain-link fencing. (Not bad going in a Morris 1000)
electric.avenue
lots of work to be done
Congratulations, Groke!
Congratulations, Groke!
Hope all goes well for you in Dubai! I've passed through the airport there.
Congratulations, Groke!
Hope all goes well for you in Dubai! I've passed through the airport there.
